Chapter 2068: Taming the Flood Dragon Shark

"Master?""Subordinate?"

The Darkback Turtle and Zhang Xuan exchanged a bewildered glance, both stunned. Just moments ago, they had been fighting to the death. When did one become the other's subordinate?

Not just the two of them, but the numerous Immortal Beasts and Saint Beasts surrounding them were also bewildered. Their king deeply detested humans, wishing to annihilate them, and had just formulated a plan to teach the six major sects a lesson... How could it betray them in an instant? It was now bowing like a cooked shrimp, addressing a human as "Master"?

"Boss, how could you acknowledge such an insignificant human as your master..." The remaining two Flood Dragons couldn't believe it either.

"Shut up!" The Flood Dragon that had just spoken roared furiously, "Hurry up and come over, greet the Master!" The two Flood Dragons didn't understand their boss's intentions, but they dared not disobey. They flicked their tails, swam in front of Zhang Xuan, glanced at him, and their pupils also constricted. They bowed in unison, "Subordinates greet the Master!"

"This..." Zhang Xuan was unsure of their intentions. After a moment of hesitation, he said, "Acknowledge me as your master!" Whether it was genuine or not, once they acknowledged him, it couldn't be undone.

"Yes!" Without any hesitation, all three Flood Dragons offered their essence blood. After accepting the essence blood and completing the master-acknowledgment ritual, Zhang Xuan felt a surge in his mind. He then realized that they had no tricks up their sleeves; they were genuinely acknowledging him as their master.

"What is this..." Just moments ago, they were fighting fiercely, desperate to tear him to shreds, and now they had willingly become his beast pets. Zhang Xuan was completely bewildered. Their change in temperament was truly bizarre. Could it be that... he was truly so charming that a single glance could make them submit? More importantly... he hadn't exuded any domineering aura!

"The reason we were able to break through to the Half-God realm is because we consumed the blood of a deity. Master carries a token from that deity, so we naturally must serve you!" The strongest Flood Dragon, noticing his confusion, explained.

"Token?" Zhang Xuan looked down at the pendant on his chest. It had previously been tucked inside his clothes, but he had taken it out when he felt a scorching heat from the divine blood. It was now hanging diagonally around his neck.

"Precisely!" The Flood Dragon nodded respectfully. Zhang Xuan suddenly understood. He had previously guessed that the divine blood was related to Luo Ruoxi, and now it seemed confirmed. The Flood Dragons had consumed her spilled blood to break through to the Half-God realm. Upon seeing her token, they naturally sensed it and dared not attack again. As for why the Darkback Turtle hadn't recognized it before, it was because the pendant had been hidden under his clothes, and the turtle hadn't seen it at all.

"Let them disperse for now! I have something to ask you!" With the acknowledgment complete and no more danger, Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. After giving the command, he drank a jade bottle of Little Yellow Chick's bathwater, feeling his injuries recover. The Flood Dragon gave a few instructions, and the Immortal Monarch beasts surrounding them, though reluctant, obeyed the command and retreated.

Once all the Immortal Beasts had left, Zhang Xuan looked at the three Flood Dragons before him: "Since you've submitted to me, it'd be easier to remember you if you had names... You'll be Big Shark, you'll be Second Shark, and you'll be Third Shark!""???" The three Flood Dragon brothers.

"Tell me in detail how the Starchaser Palace Master sacrificed to the heavens, how the deity descended, and where they ultimately went..." Ignoring the gloomy expressions of the three shark brothers, Zhang Xuan asked.

"It was one day over two months ago when the Starchaser Palace Master suddenly appeared here. We didn't know her then, and seeing a human in the uninhabited sea, we were all furious and went to confront her. The result... we were all injured!" Recalling the situation that day, Big Shark said. At that time, it was only at the peak of the Immortal Monarch realm, naturally no match for a Half-God realm expert.

"After that, she used the blood of many of us Immortal Beasts as a sacrifice, tearing open the sky to summon a deity. The first attempt failed, so she tried again, exhausting all her strength and instantly aging into an old woman. We thought we would die then, but... the deity appeared!" Speaking of the deity, Big Shark trembled, whether from excitement or fear was unclear.

"Because the Starchaser Palace Master's power was insufficient, even after two sacrifices, the spatial barrier remained too strong, preventing the deity from crossing over. However... this deity was extremely decisive, risking severe injury from the spatial barrier to forcefully come here... The backlash from the spatial storm was so powerful that it caused her to bleed profusely...""Our three brothers were already injured. Seeing the deity's blood, we thought we were going to die anyway, so each of us swallowed a drop. After that... we fell unconscious, and we don't know what happened next!"

"Unclear? Didn't you just say... that deity left?" Zhang Xuan frowned.

"I saw it..." Third Shark swam closer: "I'm a bit more timid, so I consumed the blood later. I vaguely saw the deity pat the Starchaser Palace Master's body. The latter immediately transformed back from an old woman to her youthful appearance! The deity said something, and then it seemed someone else performed a sacrifice, tearing space apart, and the deity entered it..."

"Another sacrifice?" Zhang Xuan pondered. It should have been Emperor Chen Yong who performed the sacrifice, and then Luo Ruoxi crossed the barrier into the Master Teacher Continent. Perhaps it was precisely because she had continuously crossed two realm barriers that she was severely injured, which led her to disguise herself as a Six-Star Master Teacher... Of course, this was just speculation. The specific details could only be learned by meeting the Starchaser Palace Master for a thorough inquiry.

He then took out Luo Ruoxi's image again and asked the three beasts to identify her. However, like the Darkback Turtle, they could remember the events but had completely forgotten her appearance or any specific details.

"How did you recognize this item as a deity's token?" These three Flood Dragons couldn't recall the deity's exact appearance, so how could they recognize the pendant?

"The deity used this pendant to break through the spatial barrier and come here! This item was as dazzling as the sun, and we all saw it with our own eyes; there's no way we could forget it..." Big Shark said. Even if the details of the scene from over two months ago were forgotten, the major events would never be. Because the Starchaser Palace Master had exhausted her strength and the sacrifice wasn't fully completed, the deity normally wouldn't have been able to cross over. It was precisely with the help of this pendant that the deity shattered the spatial barrier and succeeded. Remembering this, they were terrified when they saw the young man wearing it on his chest, and dared not make a move. A single drop of the deity's blood allowed them to break through. Even if the person before them wasn't a deity, they must have a profound connection or relationship with one. Acknowledging him as master was absolutely the right decision. Arrogance, integrity, inability to bend to power? In front of a deity, such things did not exist.

"This pendant can break through spatial barriers?" Holding it in his palm, Zhang Xuan still felt intense heat radiating from it. He focused his mind and poured immortal energy into it, but found no change. He used the divine stone, the Eye of Insight, and immortal energy, but the item before him remained like an ordinary pendant, showing no power whatsoever.

"Perhaps my cultivation isn't high enough..." Recalling the incident where he nearly suffered qi deviation, Zhang Xuan shook his head. Since Luo Ruoxi had entrusted this item to him so carefully, it must be extraordinary. Otherwise, it couldn't have even suppressed the inner demons generated by the Library of Heaven's Path.

"Since you've submitted to me, come with me! There are quite a few things I'll need your help with!" Zhang Xuan said, putting the pendant back close to his body. With the loyalty of these three Flood Dragons, it meant he now commanded four Half-God realm Immortal Beasts. Coupled with his chain weapon, it was equivalent to having five Half-God protectors. This way, even if the Shrine wanted to launch another sneak attack, they would definitely have to think twice.

He took out Little Yellow Chick's bathwater and treated the injured Flood Dragons. After doing this, he asked about the divine blood again. Upon learning that only the three sharks and the Darkback Turtle had successfully advanced, while the remaining blood had dissolved into the sea, with only the drop consumed by Little Yellow Chick preserved, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but shake his head. If there had been more blood, he might have been able to study it, but now that it was gone, he had no choice but to give up. Although it was a pity, asking the chick to spit it out... would probably be very difficult.

He extracted a considerable amount of blood from the three Flood Dragons and gave it to the Flood Dragon Beast and other beasts to consume, but none of them broke through. It seemed that achieving Half-God status was indeed not that easy; even with the backing of Half-God realm experts, it remained a difficult feat.

Having dealt with matters there, he didn't linger any longer. He collected Second Shark, Third Shark, and the Darkback Turtle into his beast pet bag, then quickly flew towards Starchaser Island on Big Shark.

As Zhang Xuan entered the uninhabited sea and was traveling on a flying Immortal Beast, the people from the Myriad Beasts Gate, who were also on their way, received a message from the Seven Star Pagoda."Elder Qin Yuan, what is it?" Elder Liao asked.

"The Seven Star Pagoda has also established a new Sect Leader..." Elder Qin Yuan said, looking at the communication jade token in his hand.

Elder Liao was stunned: "Who is it?"

"It's a young man named Liu Yang. Despite being only at the early Immortal Monarch realm, he has mastered all of the Seven Star Pagoda's martial arts. His talent is unparalleled, and his cultivation is extremely strong!" Elder Qin Yuan said. He hadn't expected that just as their Myriad Beasts Gate found an extraordinarily talented Sect Leader, the Seven Star Pagoda would also find one! It seemed that heroes emerged in times of great turmoil, and the world was no longer as peaceful as before!

"Liu Yang... I haven't heard of him!" Elder Liao nodded.

The same news also reached the ears of the Lingyun Sword Pavilion members who were on their way. This time, only a few people from the Lingyun Sword Pavilion were present, including Han Jianqiu and Grand Elder He Tian. However, Wu Chen, the young attendant from Starchaser Palace who was searching for a Sect Leader, was surprisingly trailing behind them.

"We just established Zhang Xuan as our new Sect Leader, and now the Myriad Beasts Gate and Seven Star Pagoda are following suit..." Han Jianqiu shook his head with a bitter smile upon seeing the newly received message.

"Following suit? What do you mean?" Grand Elder He Tian, standing to one side, looked at him with confusion.

"A few days ago, the Myriad Beasts Gate just established a young Sect Leader named... Zheng Yang! And now, the Seven Star Pagoda has followed suit, announcing that they've also established a similar young man as their Sect Leader... named Liu Yang!" Han Jianqiu explained.

"Zheng Yang? Liu Yang? Zhang Xuan..." Wu Chen, who had been trailing behind the group, originally preoccupied with his thoughts, twitched the corner of his mouth upon hearing this news. A strange expression appeared on his face: "How do I feel... like they're the same person?"